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The last few months were extremely busy for Sam and Mercedes. They were busy with their wedding preparation. Using the binder given by Kurt and Tina, they had decided on the venue. Sam and Mercedes had chosen Brooklyn Botanic Garden. They fell in love with the surrounding when they went to visit the places that Kurt and Tina had suggested to them. Luckily for them, they managed to book the place for their wedding. The smile that graced Mercedes' face once they had confirmed the venue was something that Sam would remember for the rest of his life. His fiance seemed nonchalant when it comes to their relationship sometimes, but there were times when she showed her true feeling and he could feel that his love for her grows whenever it happened. Sam had chosen the silver colour and Mercedes had chosen the light purple as their theme. They also decided on a simple and elegant looking card for their wedding invites. Mercedes had chosen lily for her wedding bouquet. Sam and Mercedes are two people who are fussy when it comes to food and they definitely had trouble deciding the food and the cake. Luckily for them, Stevie had come out with the solution when he suggested the Humblebee's chef to cater for them. Sam and Mercedes quickly agreed to the idea.
"So, chicken, seafood and vegan choice?" Sam asked. Mercedes nodded.
"How about the cake?" Quinn asked. Sam and Mercedes exchanged looks.
"Four layers. Each layer has different flavor" Mercedes decided. She began scribbling something on a piece of paper and gave it to Quinn. "Just give this to Ariel. She'll know what to do" she said. Quinn nodded. She ticked all the items on her to-do list.
"Okay, now we need to figure out the seating chart!" Quinn said. Mercedes and Sam groaned. Quinn, Kurt and Tina looked at them and chuckled.
"So, is there anyone in your family who cannot stand each other? Any weird relatives that you want to avoid?" Kurt asked.
"Well, I opted not to invite my relatives who have problem with my Mercedes, so I guess that's a no" Sam said.
"Sam! You don't invite your uncles and aunts? What did your grandparents say about it? Do they know?" Mercedes asked. Sam shrugged his shoulders.
"Yes, and they said nothing. They even agreed with me. It's our wedding day. We don't need anyone who will dampen our mood to be there" he said.
"The man's right!" Tina said.
"Well, for my part of the family, just put my mom away from the Jones clan" Mercedes added.
"We can put the families in the front. Then follows by close friends" Sam said. They started working on the seating chart and two hours later, it was complete.
"That was fast! During me and Santana's wedding, we took two days to decide on the seating chart" Quinn said.
"That's because your families have too much drama!" Mercedes joked.
Kurt and Tina excitedly pulled Mercedes inside the apartment once she opened the door. Their steps halted when they noticed Sam in the living room. They frowned and turned to look at Mercedes.
"I thought I told you that he cannot be here" Kurt said, pointing at Sam who was sitting on the couch.
"I can't kick him out of the house!" Mercedes said.
"Why can't I be here?" Sam asked, offended. "I thought we're going to discuss the wedding again" he continued.
"Yeah, in case you've forgotten, he's the other half of the wedding" Mercedes added.
"We brought your dress! Sam can't see it yet!" Tina explained.
"Why?"
"Mercedes! It's bad luck for the groom to see the dress before the wedding!" Kurt and Tina exclaimed, in horror. Mercedes rolled her eyes. She looked at Sam.
"Let's go into the room. I don't really believe the superstition, but I want to surprise my fiance on the wedding day" Mercedes said. She playfully blew a kiss to Sam as she led Kurt and Tina into their room, leaving a sulking Sam in the living room.
"We really hope that you'll like it" Tina excitedly said as she opened the garment bag and took the dress out.
"It's a ball gown style" Kurt explained. Mercedes looked at the wedding dress in awe. There were hints of purple at the back of the skirt.
"Come on! Try it on!" urged Tina. They helped put the dress on her.
"We make a good choice in making it off the shoulder dress too" Kurt commented as he twirled around Mercedes.
"Look at the mirror, Merce!" Tina said. Mercedes looked at her reflection on the mirror. Her hands touched the soft fabrics on her body and she was overwhelmed with emotion. She thought of the young version of her - pretending to be a princess and dreaming of wearing beautiful wedding dress.
"I can't wait till the moment Sam sees you in this" Tina said.
"I bet his jaw will drop! After all, he gave the ideas for the dress" Kurt added.
"He did?" Mercedes asked, surprised. Kurt and Tina nodded.
"He showed us a picture of some sort of wedding dress drawing and told us that it must follows the drawing although we can change some parts but the skirt must be fluffy like princess dress. His exact words" Kurt explained.
"So, how's the dress?" Sam asked once Kurt and Tina left. Mercedes sat next to him on the couch.
"Beautiful" Mercedes said as she reached for the chips in the bowl and munched it. She looked at Sam - studying his feature.
"The dress - it looks like the one that I always dream of wearing" she said. Sam nodded. A smile on his face.
"That's great!" he said excitedly.
"How did you know?" Mercedes asked. Sam looked at her, frowning.
"How did I know what?" he asked.
"I never told anybody that I want to wear a ball gown on my wedding - that it needs to be like the princess dress" Mercedes said. Her eyes were fixed on Sam's face.
"So, how did you know? Kurt told me that you gave them the ideas for it - with specific instruction. So, tell me, Sam. How did you know?" she asked, narrowing her eyes at him. Sam gulped down his saliva, while internally cursing Kurt for having such a big mouth.
"Well, urm - you see - ah - I - urm - readyourjournal!"
"You what?"
Sam took a deep breath as he looked at Mercedes, biting his lips.
"I found your journal in your room and accidentally read it"
"Accidentally?" Mercedes asked, sceptically.
"Accidentally at first, but purposely finished it?" Sam said. "I'm sorry for reading it! But my curiosity won't let me stop reading it. I really am sorry, darling"
"You read it and yet you still want to marry me?" Mercedes asked. Sam frowned. He moved closer to her and reached for her hands.
"Why wouldn't I?" he said, smiling gently at her. "You're amazing and I am the luckiest man in the world because you agreed to be my wife. I know that I shouldn't read your journal, and I am sorry for that. However, reading it let me know about you - the part that you kept hiding from me at the time. It made me know more about you and when I read the wedding part, I vowed to give you your dream wedding and that's why I made that request to Kurt and Tina. Truth be told, I was planning to propose, but I wasn't sure about your opinion on wedding. Somehow reading the journal told me that there's a possibility for us to get married" Sam explained. "Are you mad at me?" he asked when Mercedes didn't say anything. He let out a huge sigh of relieved when Mercedes smiled at him.
"I really can't stay mad at you" she said. Sam grinned.
"I'm charming, I know" he joked. Mercedes rolled her eyes. She threw the pillow at him.
"Cook dinner tonight and we call it even!" she said, getting up from the couch. Sam chuckled as he reached for her hand and pulled her toward him. He wrapped his arms around her waist and kiss her cheek.
"I'll do everything that you ask me to do" he whispered. Mercedes chuckled when he tickled her.